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Beef
Five tips to keeping the silage clamp face clean
Kieran Mailey
Once the silage pit is open, it is important to keep the clamp face clean to prevent high levels of waste forage accumulating.
29 October 2024 Management
Weighing cattle at housing time
Housing is a good time to weigh cattle, as the information gained can be used for multiple herd management decisions over winter.
26 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Five maintenance tips for winter feeding machinery
Having the loader tractor and telehandler serviced as winter feeding gets under way is good practice on livestock farms.
Suckler Marts Roadshow launched
Adam Woods has all the details of a suckler marts roadshow taking place around the country over the next few weeks
23 October 2024 Winter Indoor Management
HiSpec twin-tub does big throughput on Tipp farm
Milking 400 cows and finishing over 200 cattle, Andy and Jerry Darmody rely heavily on the use of a diet feeder all year round, Gary Abbott reports.
2 October 2024 Farm machinery
Redrock to debut Ktwo range
Alongside its wide-spanning portfolio of trailers and implements, Redrock Machinery will also exhibit the recently acquired Ktwo brand for the first time at the Ploughing Championships.
11 September 2024 Farm machinery
Calculating straw requirements this winter
With straw supplies set to be tight this year, Martin Merrick calculates how much straw you will likely require and how best to save on straw usage.
7 August 2024 Buildings
From feeding silage to making silage in the space of a week
Now is the time to analyse the grass situation and plan ahead - that was the main message from Teagasc dairy specialist in Ballyhaise, James Dunne, at a Teagasc signpost farm walk in Offaly.
8 May 2024 News